Adichogamous species exhibir a lower frequency of cross-pollination compared to dichogamous species (Bertin and Newman, 1993) and non-herkogamy promotes self-deposition of pollen on the stigmas (Webb and Lloyd, 1986).

The extreme division of labor, with its scout-based search for the most rewarding food sources, allows for an extreme constancy of foragers; thus, they may, for example, harvest pollen from dichogamous flowers (those with male and female functions separated in time) for days and consequently never contact a receptive stigma.

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